Big Ag’s Big Lie: Factory farms, Your Health and the New Politics of Antibiotics
The new guidelines, known as Final Guidance 213, were officially released two weeks ago, just in time for Christmas.
“Two-thirteen is an early holiday gift to industry,” says Avinash Kar, a health attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The FDA has essentially followed a voluntary approach for more than 35 years, but use of these drugs to raise animals has increased. There’s no reason why voluntary recommendations will make a difference now, especially when FDA’s policy covers only some of the many uses of antibiotics on animals that are not sick.”